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Amnesty tells India to check rights abuses in Kashmir

Publish Date: 21-03-11 5:27 AM

NEW DELHI: Amnesty International has
urged India to check alleged human rights abuses in Kashmir and end the
“arbitrary and abusive” detention system in the troubled state.

A 70-page report released by the global rights watchdog Monday focuses on the
Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA). It terms the PSA a “lawless
law”.

The report – the first on Jammu and Kashmir since 2000 –
documents how authorities in the state were using the controversial act to
detain people for years at a time, “without trial, depriving them of basic human
rights otherwise provided under Indian law”.-JAMS